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American Family Physician

American Academy of Family Physicians · United States · Est. 1888

ISSN1532-0650

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q2+18

Total43

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.615

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.008

Total Works

3,707

Total Citations

2,710

2yr Mean Citedness

0.00

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Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

American Family Physician provides high-quality continuing medical education for family physicians and other primary care clinicians in the therapeutic areas of General Medicine, Managed Care, and Primary Care.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1888

Annual Volume~ 23 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications3,707

Publisher OrgAmerican Academy of Family Physicians

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

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Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Academy of Family Physicians

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1532-0650

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Family PracticeQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medicine, General & InternalPrimary Health Care

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)Family Practice

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

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